The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations and General Directions 2011

Amendment of Schedule 16

30.—(1) Schedule 16 (permitted variants) is amended as follows.

(2) In column (2) of item 1—

(a) after “530,” insert “530A,”;

(b) for “532.2, 532.3,” substitute “532.2, 532.2A, 532.3, 532.3A,”;

(c) after “818.3 (other than in respect of distance),” insert “818.5,”; and

(d) after “6001,” insert “7014.1,”.

(3) Omit—

“2.

629.1

Metric units to one decimal place of a metre may be substituted for imperial units when the sign is placed in combination with another sign shown in diagram 629.1 which has not been so varied.”

(4) In column (2) of item 3—

(a) omit “2601.1,”; and

(b) for “2511, 2512,” substitute “2511.1, 2512.1,”.

(5) In column (2) of item 5, after “2602.1,” insert “2602.1A,”.

(6) In item 6—

(a) in column (2)—

(i) after “and 818.3 (in respect of distance),” insert “818.4, 818.5,”;

(ii) for “2511, 2512,” substitute “2511.1, 2512.1,”; and

(iii) after “2701.1,” insert “2711.1,”; and

(b) in column (3)—

(i) in paragraph (1), for “Numerals indicating distance” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), numerals indicating distance”;

(ii) in paragraph (2), for “diagram 2316” substitute “diagram 818.3”; and

(iii) after paragraph (3), insert—

“(4) Where emergency exits are more than 880 yards apart, distances shown on the sign shown in diagram 2711.1 shall be expressed in miles to the nearest ¼ mile with the fractions ¾, ½ and ¼ being used.”.

(7) In column (2) of item 8—

(a) for “2310.1” substitute “2310.2”; and

(b) for “2919.1*” substitute “2919.2*”.

(8) In column (2) of item 9—

(a) after “2508,” insert “2601.1,”; and

(b) after “2602.1,” insert “2602.1A,”.

(9) In column (2) of item 11—

(a) after “660.6,” insert “660.8, 660.9,”;

(b) omit “818.3, 818.4,”; and

(c) after “820,” insert “820A,”.

(10) In column (2) of item 12—

(a) for “2511” substitute “2511.1”; and

(b) after “2601.1,” insert “2601.1A, 2602.1A, 2602.1C,”.

(11) In column (2) of item 13, after “2711*,” insert “2711.1*,”.

(12) In column (2) of item 15—

(a) for “2512” substitute “2512.1”; and

(b) after “2602.1,” insert “2602.1B,”.

(13) In column (2) of item 16, after “2513,” insert “2601.1, 2601.1A,”.

(14) In column (2) of item 19—

(a) after “818.4,” insert “818.5,”;

(b) after “2601.1,” insert “2601.1A,”; and

(c) after “2602.1,” insert “2602.1A, 2602.1B, 2602.1C,”.

(15) In column (2) of item 20—

(a) after “818.4**,” insert “818.5**,”;

(b) after “2601.1,” insert “2601.1A,”; and

(c) after “2602.1,” insert “2602.1A, 2602.1B, 2602.1C,”.

(16) In column (2) of item 28—

(a) after “818.4,” insert “820A,”;

(b) after “2329,” insert “2502,”;

(c) for “2511, 2512,” substitute “2511.1, 2512.1,”;

(d) omit “2602.1,”;

(e) after “2711,” insert “2711.1,”;

(f) after “4003.1,” insert “4003.1A,”; and

(g) after “4003.4,” insert “4003.4A,”.

(17) In column (2) of item 29, omit “2602.1,”.

(18) In item 31—

(a) in column (2), for “2511*, 2512*,” substitute “2511.1*, 2512.1*,”; and

(b) in column (3), after “530,” insert “530A,”.

(19) In item 34—

(a) in column (2)—

(i) for “2511, 2512,” substitute “2511.1, 2512.1,”;

(ii) after “2601.1,” insert “2601.1A,”; and

(iii) after “2602.1,” insert “2602.1A, 2602.1B, 2602.1C,”; and

(b) in paragraph (7) of column (3), for “2310.1” substitute “814.2”.

(20) In column (2) of item 38—

(a) after “637.2*,” insert “637.2A*,”;

(b) after “660.7,” insert “660.9,”;

(c) after “663.1,” insert “663.2, 663.3,”;

(d) omit “962.2,”; and

(e) for “2511, 2512,” substitute “2511.1, 2512.1,”.

(21) In column (2) of item 39—

(a) after “660.7,” insert “660.9,”; and

(b) after “663.1” insert “, 663.2, 663.3”.

(22) After item 46, insert—

“47.

3000

Where the character or layout of the road restricts the visibility of the signals shown in the diagram, the maximum height of 4000 millimetres may be increased as appropriate to a maximum of 6100 millimetres.”